Two days after the increase in the electricity bill was announced, the governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, defended the same as he says it is a reflection of the rise in the cost of the fuel.
“As Governor, I will definitely not endorse or support any increase in the electricity bill due to inefficiencies or administrative failures in the Electricity Authority. However, this adjustment arises as a consequence of the cost per barrel. of oil has been rising, similar to what happens with the cost of gasoline, “the prime minister said in written statements.
On fuel, Pierluisi indicated that one of his main goals is to comply with Law 17-2019 on Public Energy Policy, which seeks to transform the electricity system so that we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, “costs we can not control and are harmful to the environment “.
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The executive explained the functions of the Energy Negotiator, created by Law 57-2014, as an independent body, assuring that “it is the body responsible for evaluating the information submitted to it by the EEA in relation to reconciliations for fuel purchases and energy purchases every three months.In the summer, as a result of this reconciliation and the lowering of the cost of fuel, the Negotiator made this reconciliation and precisely lowered the light around 17 cents per kilowatt hour. Negotiated processes are public, as well as the resolutions and orders it issues, complying with the transparency required by law in these processes. “
“Our government will comply with the public energy policy that requires us to move to renewable energy and all our efforts are directed towards this. We will rebuild and transform our electricity system so that we are not hostages of the “We will move to clean, renewable energy so that we can stabilize our energy costs,” he said.